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Dear Sriman Aravind,

My guess is, the sculptor might not be a Vaishnavite. He might have 
insisted that we should have a gaNeSa idol as per his family 
traditions.

What about the not-so-old vItthirundha perumAL temple in 
thirumazhisai? There also we find one!

Regards
Vishnu

--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Aravind Raman <aravind108@xxxx> 
wrote:
> sri:
> srImathE rAmanajaya nama:
>  
> Dear Bhaktas,
>  
> Please forgive adiyEn for further stirring the hornet's nest! 
>  
> Any historical truths about a small sculpted vinAyaka in the 
entrance of Thiruvallikkeni (Triplicane) Sri Parthasarathy Temple 
would be welcome!
>  
> AzhwAr emperumAnAr jEyar thiruvadigalE saranam.
>  
> adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan
> aravind rAman
> 
> tavaradhan <tavaradhan@xxxx> wrote:
> srI kastUri rangan wrote:
> 
> ---
> > This is a speculation of Shri SMS Chari. Having noting the non-
> > precedence of installing mUrtis of gurus & acharyas and having 
> > observed the absence of anya-devata sannidhis in vishnu temples, 
> > despite the references of the same in Vaishnava agamas, he should 
> > have done a basic arithmetic. I have observed the amman sannidhi 
> in 
> > Tirukkovilur temple. It does not seem to have been an 
installation 
> > as per agamas. I am open to correction on this.
> -----
> 
> The "amman" sannadhi in thiru-k-kOvilUr is that of vishNu durga.
> 
> The presence of this sannadhi is even mentioned in 
> thirunedundhaaNdakam - in the 7th paasuram (vaRpudaiya varai 
> nedunthOL). 
> 
> This paasuram describes thiru-k-kOvilUr and its greatness.
> One of the descriptions for thiru-k-kOvilUr is - "vindhai mEya 
> kaRpudaiya mada-k-kanni kaaval pooNda", the place which is
> guarded by the spinster who has gnyAna (kaRpu, here), and who
> does not give up (paRRiRRu viddadhu irukkai).
> 
> this kanni is the vishNu durga, who is none other than the yOga
> mAyA of the Lord, and was born just befor KrishNa was born to
> dEvaki (the child that flew from the hands of kamsa, and warned 
him).
> 
> the word vindhai mEya is also used to denote the place in where
> vishNu durga performed tapas to be given the kainkaryam of
> guarding a place of the Lord.
> 
> The above is clearly mentioned in the thirunedundhaaNdagam 
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> aazhvaar emperumaanaar jeeyar thiruvadigaLE SaraNam.
> adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,
> varadhan
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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